title: Caring for persons with bariatric health care issues: a primer for the WOC nurse.
abstract: The prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled in the last 3 decades. Nurses practicing in all care settings are looking for creative strategies to achieve safe, effective care for this patient population. Understanding skin injury events and the resulting complications is essential in the development of protocols for care, educational approaches, and interventions providing the best outcomes of care. Areas of concern for the WOC nurse with regard to bariatric patients include bathing, toileting, skin fold management, odor and genital care.
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blackett
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dugan
authors.forename: Judy L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gates
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Henn
authors.forename: Karen Lou
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kennedy-Evans
authors.forename: Janet H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lutze
mesh_terms: D001494:Baths / Q000451:nursing; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009746:Nursing, Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012307:Risk Factors; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing; D014481:United States